was an North American-based computer animation company that specializes in character animation and visual effects for movies and commercials. The company has facilities in Los Angeles; Mumbai and Hyderabad, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and as of 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia and Taipei, Taiwan.A little backstory: In 1987, six former employees of Robert Abel and Associates (TRON) split from the company to form their own. Until the early 1990s, they mainly did commercial and logo work for companies like ABC, Sunbeam, Hasbro, United Artists (their first client) and many more.
It wasn't until 1990, with help from Industrial Light & Magic, that they got their first film job (Flight of the Intruder). Since then, they've been responsible for more than 150 films, hundreds of commercials (including the Coca-Cola Polar Bears) and several video games. R&H has received three Academy Awards for Achievement in Visual Effects, (Life of Pi, 2013, The Golden Compass, 2008, and Babe, 1995), and four Scientific and Technical Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS). R&H was also nominated for an Oscar for its work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
In 1999, they bought effects company VIFX from 20th Century Fox.
The company filed for bankruptcy in 2013, some time after Digital Domain and Matte World Digital did the same. Much to the shock of the VFX community at large. Said community got even more enraged when the Academy cut the microphone of a supervisor mentioning the financial turmoils receiving his Oscar for Life of Pi. R&H was purchased by Los Angeles/Indian-based Prana Studios a few months afterwards. However, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the studio was shut down for good in July 2020.
Besides Flight of the Intruder, Rhythm & Hues' work includes:
- 300: Rise of an Empire
- The Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
- Babe
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Trailer)
- Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
- Batman Forever
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Cats & Dogs
- The Cat in the Hat
- Chronicle
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Chronicles of Riddick
- Crackdown (Trailer)
- Django Unchained
- Dm C Devil May Cry (Trailer)
- Elf
- End of Days
- Fable II (Trailer)
- Fantasia 2000
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (The Jetsons sequence)
- Game of Thrones
- Garfield
- The Golden Compass
- The Green Mile (Film Adaptation)
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Promotional materials, including the packaging.
- Happy Feet - Killer Whale chase sequence only; movie done with Animal Logic
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - handled the CGI for Baby Norbert, the Sorting Hat, and Fluffy the Cerberus.
- Hellboy (2019)
- Hocus Pocus
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- The Hunger Games
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- Into the Storm (2014)
- Land of the Lost
- Life of Pi - their last project before bankruptcy.
- Lost in Space (2018)
- Kazaam
- Kinect Star Wars
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (Special Thanks)
- Midnight, Texas
- Moneyball
- Mousehunt
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Night at the Museum
- Ninja Gaiden II
- Parasite Eve
- R.I.P.D. - Worked on before the bankruptcy, was the first movie to be released post-bankruptcy.
- Rover Dangerfield - Opening scenes & digital compositing; with Available Light Productions, Hanho Heung-Up and Wang Film Productions.
- Rugrats in Paris - CG elements only, with Grimsaem.
- The Saboteur
- Scooby-Doo
- Snow White & the Huntsman
- Spawn (1997)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - one episode, "Galaxy's Child".
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Bajoran Wormhole effects during Season 1.
- Stay Tuned
- The Stuart Little duology (with Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Superman Returns
- The Walking Dead (Season 6)
- Waterworld
- Westworld
- The X-Files (Season 11)
- X-Men Film Series
- The 2010 Yogi Bear film. Also served as co-producers.
Tropes Associated with Rhythm & Hues:
- Animesque: See below.
- Live-Action Adaptation: Most of their projects since 2005 in a nutshell.
- Medium Blending: Rugrats In Paris.
- Punny Name: Rhythm & Blues
- Real Song Theme Tune: Originally had an instrumental version of Coldplay's "Clocks" in one of their demo reels. Presently, they use "Young Bloods" by The Naked and Famous and "One Day Like This" by Elbow. Both were combined with footage of their film work.
